Everyone watching the blacksmithing duel throughout the vulcan empire was too perplexed to even react to this new information quickly. First, it was Kahn winning the second round, the one no one thought about happening. Secondly, his forged weapon being of higher rank than the expected one.
These two surprises hit them in succession and billions of people were left flabbergasted on the spot. This progression was something not even the judges of the duel expected to see.
"Impossible! How can that be? The materials were clearly suited only for a gold rank weapon! He must have cheated?!" shouted Tawerik who sat on the right side of Kahn.
Even in the pavilion of the imperial clan, Hector and Venessa were also left speechless. Even though they had no grasp of the blacksmithing craft, they knew how hard it was to make quality weapons with limited grades of materials.
